Groundwater Mapping and Education Project underway!

MVIHES isvery excited to annouce that our application to the RBC Blue Water Project has been approved! We will be receiving $70,000 over 2 years for Groundwater Mapping and Education in the Englishman River Watershed.

The project began last year on a small scale with funding from the Real Estate Foundation of BC, Georgia Basin Living Rivers, the Regional District of Nanaimo, TD Friends of the Environment and much in-kind technical advice, labour and equipment from GW Solutions, Ministry of Environment and Vancouver Island University.

More information about the project will be added to the website in time. You can download the first phase report prepared by GW Solutions here, and read the detailed press release here. We're excited to share this news with you, and increase our knowledge!